ANALYZING FACTORS FOR SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO PERMANENT HOUSING

The Fortune Society has been a leader in rehabilitating incarcerated individuals and reintegrating formerly incarcerated individuals into society. The Fortune Society facilitates reintegration by providing housing, including emergency housing for homeless clients, transitional housing, and eventually permanent housing for clients who have progressed through The Fortune Society's services. The Fortune Society engaged a Capstone team in analyzing quantitative data they had previously collected regarding clients housed at The Academy-its largest transitional housing site. The team analyzed the data to identify trends with the goal of contextualizing outcomes within supportive housing programs. These trends helped identify opportunities to augment data collection and analysis practices. The team's research culminated in recommendations that The Fortune Society will use as quantitative evidence to support the organization's policy and funding efforts.